Tribal Alcohol Program cooks up a week-long celebration
Next week has been declared "Red Ribbon Week", when everyone on the Reservation will be encouraged to show his or her support of a drug-free lifestyle.
The "Celebrate Life - - Drug-Free" observance will include pumpkin pie and ice cream socials in four towns, a Halloween dance-party in Elmo, and free red ribbons for all.
The socials are set for 6-8 p.m. on these dates: Monday (Oct. 24), at the ARLEE YOUTH CENTER; Wednesday (Oct. 26), at the SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER in Ronan (east of Tribal Forestry); Thursday (Oct 27), at the SALISH INDIAN SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER in Poison (next to Woody's Big Sky Supply); and Friday (Oct. 28), at the ST. IGNATIUS COMMUNITY CENTER.
Each night's fun will include pumpkin-carving and other games, in addition to the refreshments.
The week's activities will end on
Saturday with a haunted house (6 to 9 p.m.) and Halloween dance (9 p.m. to 1 a.m.) in Elmo, complete with lip-synching and costume contests. Transportation will be provided from Arlee, St. Ignatius, Ronan, Pablo and Poison.
The Tribal Health Department's Alcohol Program is sponsoring the ice cream socials, while the Elmo Youth Group is sponsoring the week's finale.
Red ribbons will be available at Tribal Health in Ronan, the Tribal Complex and SKC in Pablo, and at local schools.
For more information, call the Alcohol Program at 676-2770.
Lottery tickets to become illegal?.
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Electronic gambling and the sale of state lottery tickets may be illegal on the Reservation in the near future.
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, approved by Congress late last month, requires state government involvement in some types of gaming on Indian reservations.
Here on the Flathead, the Tribal Council doesn't like how the new law infringes on Tribal sovereignty and has no plans to meet with the state. No state-Tribal agreement means no more lottery ticket sales or gambling machines within Reservation boundaries.
Tribal Chairman Mickey Pablo explained the new law, which hasn't been
signed by President Reagan yet, to the two dozen people at the quarterly meeting Oct. 7:
IGRA sets up three classes of gaming, he said, and assigns jurisdiction to each. Class I covers all social and traditional games, such as are enjoyed at pow wows and other gatherings. Tribes retain exclusive authority over Class 1 activities. Class II includes bingo, pulltabs and the like, plus card games not forbidden by the state. IGRA says Tribal ordinances permitting Class II games must be approved by the federal government.
Class III is casino gambling and anything else not mentioned in the other (Concludes on page two)